12 projects won first prize in the Science and Technology Competition for high school students

On the morning of January 8, the Department of Education and Training held a closing ceremony for the Science and Technology Competition for high school students for the 2022-2023 school year.

This is a very meaningful activity in the current period, when the whole industry is promoting innovation in teaching methods and forms; innovating forms and methods of assessing learning outcomes to contribute to developing learners' capacity and qualities.

Mr. Vo Van Mai - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training spoke at the closing ceremony. Photo: My Ha

From the contestScience and technologyto encourage high school students to study science and technology and apply knowledge of subjects to solve real-life problems.

This activity also contributes to promoting teaching and learning associated with practice, implementing STEM education associated with scientific and technical research, and project-based teaching.

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Vo Van Mai awarded the First Prize to the Department of Education and Training of Dien Chau district and Le Viet Thuat High School. Photo: My Ha

At the same time, it encourages teachers to self-train, improve their professional skills and teaching quality in high schools, contributing to the effective implementation of the 2018 General Education Program. The contest has become a useful playground to encourage the spirit of enthusiasm for learning, scientific research and creativity of high school students across the province, opening up a new direction of education.

Leaders of the Department of Education and Training awarded the First Prize to the winning authors. Photo: My Ha

Participating in this year's contest, the whole province has 204 projects in 15 fields by 372 authors, including 76 projects by junior high school students and 128 projects by high school students. After 2 days of the contest, according to the Organizing Committee's assessment, most of the projects demonstrate new and quite suitable scientific ideas; the authors have research skills, proposing quite complete solutions; many projects are practical, highly feasible, demonstrating passion for scientific research, applying learned knowledge into practice and creating a useful playground for junior high school and high school students in the whole province.

In addition, most of the projects have raised research questions, research problems and have research content and methods, implemented research processes suitable for high school students and students have presented scientific reports according to the requirements of a scientific work.

Many scientific topics and student presentations focused on applying knowledge learned in class and practical knowledge that occurs in life into scientific research.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Head of Secondary Education Department - Department of Education and Training awarded the Second Prize to the winning authors. Photo: My Ha.

Besides the advantages, there are still some authors who have chosen inappropriate ideas: either too old for their age, or lacking the time and conditions to carry them out.

Some projects still lack evidence for the scientific nature, objectivity and feasibility of the topic such as: the scientific nature of the research plan; the diary is not really complete, the time of investigation and survey is not specific; the proposed solution is not close to reality; the determination of the competition field is not appropriate.

Among the projects, there are many projects that were highly appreciated by the judges such as the project "Educational Environment School Gate Magic Eye" by two authors Le The Anh and Nguyen Ho An Minh, students of Dang Thai Mai Secondary School, Vinh City; Project "Water condensation system using semiconductor technology" by two authors Ho Manh Thang, student of Le Viet Thuat High School and Nguyen Nhan Nhat Minh, student of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. These are the projects selected by the organizing committee to participate in the National Science and Technology Competition held in March 2023 in Quang Ninh.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Head of Secondary Education Department - Department of Education and Training awarded the Third Prize to the authors. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mr. Vo Van Mai - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training said that although there were projects participating in the contest that did not win any prizes, the projects in this contest were all excellent and successful because the students had useful experiences during the implementation process.

After this competition, the Department's leaders requested that schools and students continue to invest and complete projects to represent Nghe An students in participating in the National competition and achieving high results.

In order for the contest to continue to spread, in the coming time, specialized departments and schools need to accompany and be responsible in consulting, supporting and directing to encourage students to enthusiastically research science, find and discover many topics that have practical meaning in life. On that basis, promote the ability to be autonomous, self-study, problem-solving as well as specific abilities in learning such as calculation, science...

At the end of the contest, out of 204 registered projects, the Organizing Committee awarded 12 First prizes, 33 Second prizes, 46 Third prizes, and 49 Fourth prizes. In addition, 9 collectives with excellent results were rewarded with the First prize going to the Department of Education and Training of Dien Chau district and Le Viet Thuat High School; the Second prize going to the Department of Education and Training of Vinh city, Do Luong and Do Luong 1 High School; the Third prize going to the Department of Education and Training of Quynh Luu district, Yen Thanh district, Phan Boi Chau Specialized High School and the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School.

List of projects winning First and Second prizes: